Employer The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Town King's Lynn Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/04/2025 23:59
Senior Audiologist (Adults)
Band 6
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated Senior Audiologist to join our friendly Audiology team based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an experienced Audiologist with post-graduate clinical experience.
You will assist in the provision of audiology services providing diagnostic support to the ENT department and a comprehensive hospital and community rehabilitation service across West Norfolk.
Covering a number of community clinics across West Norfolk you will work both within the team environment at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and autonomously within the community environment.
You must possess a BSc in Audiology or equivalent, and experience of working within a NHS hearing aid service is essential.
We are a friendly and forward-thinking team and encourage personal development, providing training as required.
Main duties of the job
Undertake full audiological assessment of infants, children and adults, to include complex and non-routine cases such as those with multiple disabilities.
Analyse test results and other assessment data to determine differential diagnosis, the need for medical opinion and / or to decide on treatment options.
Develop, arrange and implement individual treatment plans for adult patients to include the frequency of follow up visits required for each patient according to the complexity of the case in a person-centred way.
Select, programme and evaluate hearing aids for adults to include the provision of specialised audiological and related services.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on this exciting opportunity, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
* BSc Audiology degree or equivalent
* Registered clinical physiologist or equivalent registration (UK)
* BAA accredited Certificate to Practice (eg BAAT part I and II, Yr 3 BSc, CAC, HCC, PTP, STP)
* Evidence of training in specialist area
* MSc in Audiology/ M level credits in general audiology/specialist areas
* STP in Audiology completed or HTS module in appropriate area
Experience
* Basic audiology training
* Relevant post-graduate NHS clinical experience
* Experience with complex adult and paediatric patients
* Experience of communicating effectively
* Experience of training others
* Experience of service development and audit
Skills, abilities and knowledge
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to include ability to communicate with the hearing impaired and carers in emotional states
* Ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances within specialist area. For example, dealing with emotional patients
* Proven time management and organisational skills
* Evidence of leadership abilities
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).
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We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
* Flexible working opportunities
* Free counselling service
* Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
* Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.
Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.
Certificates of Sponsorship/Visa and Immigration
If you wish to apply for this vacancy and would require sponsorship to work in this role (including if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change your employer), you can look at the government website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job and assess your circumstances against the criteria specified. This will determine your likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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